Eric Adams supports controversial bill which decides whether black New Yorkers deserve reparations for slavery

The office of New York City Mayor Eric Adams says it supports the ‘spirit’ legislation that could cause black New Yorkers to be paid reparations for slavery.

Sideya Sherman, commissioner of the mayor’s office of equity, said the controversial bill needs to be adjusted to avoid overlapping with two comparable state bills.

The bill, created by Councilor Farah Louis to launch a task force to study the effects of racial discrimination on the city, could potentially lead to payments being issued, The comments reports.

During a Sept. 19 city council hearing, Sherman said any recovery task force would have to spend more than a maximum of one year in Louis’ account before releasing their findings.

She advised that while some bills, which are part of a package of eight delving into City Council legislation, hoped to correct “racial injustices,” Mayor Adams and her office support their “spirit and intent.”

Mayor Eric Adams supports the ‘spirit and intent’ of NYC’s black recovery bill

A large crowd of protesters wear masks and carry signs that say, ‘Reparations Now’ as they walk through neighborhoods at the Black Lives Matter protest in Bayside

While it’s unclear how much will be spent on repairs in New York, economists in California found that as much as $800 billion would be needed for payouts.

The estimate is more than 2.5 times California’s $300 billion annual budget, and does not include a recommended $1 million per older Black resident for health disparities that have shortened their average lifespan.

Last month, a poll revealed that more than half of California voters do not support cash compensation for slavery — after Gov Newsom’s task force recommended giving residents a $5 million handout.

The research highlighted a potential problem for lawmakers as they begin considering state recovery next year.

Governor Gavin Newsom set up a recovery task force, which proposed awarding $5 million to every black resident.

It also believes that those entitled to the cash must have their personal debts wiped out and guarantee an income of $97,000 for 250 years and $1 homes.

A UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies survey commissioned by the Los Angeles Times found that 59 percent of voters oppose cash payments.

After two years of deliberation, the task force sent a final report and recommendations to the state capitol – where a decision on the matter will be made.

The group proposed that cash payments to all descendants should be based on health disparities, mass incarceration and ear policies as well as housing discrimination.

Up to $13,619 is recommended for health disparities each year the person lived in California—which was worked out by comparing life expectancy between Black non-Hispanic and white non-Hispanic Californians.

Eligible descendants are recommended to get $2,352 for mass incarceration, and housing discrimination is $3,378 for each year between 1933 and 1977, if they lived in California.

It comes as Adams met migrants in Ecuador but stopped short of telling them not to come to the Big Apple.

Adams greeted residents of a family shelter in Quito as part of his tour of Latin America in which he is believed to have intended to deter asylum seekers from trying to enter the US.

But staff members at the Fundación Gotitas de Oblación, where Adams spent about an hour with 10 migrant families, were surprised to learn that Adams intended to deter people from going to Gotham, The comments reports.

NYC Mayor Eric Adams met with migrants at a family shelter in Ecuador

It is unclear how much will be spent on repairs in New York, economists in California have found that as much as $800 billion would be needed for payouts

“I didn’t know anything about it,” one of the shelter’s supervisors said through a translator.

“He just came to say good job.”

Employees claimed Adams was eager to learn about the nonprofit shelter and the services it provides, as well as how they help migrants in the workplace and at home.

One worker who gave Adams a tour of the facility claimed the mayor never brought up migrants — or the US.